We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.
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We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.
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Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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One has only the choice between God and idolatry. There is no other possibility. For the faculty of worship is in us, and it is either directed somewhere into this world, or into another.
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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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